Datawind to Invest Rs. 100 Crore on Third Manufacturing Facility

Empowered by the Make in India push, Aakash-producer DataWind expects to spend Rs. 100 crore on a third assembling office and is in converses with eastern states including West Bengal and Bihar, its CEO expressed.

"We have reserved Rs. 100 crore to set up a third assembling unit and are in chats with eastern states including West Bengal and Bihar for the reason," DataWind CEO Suneet Singh Tuli said.

"We have as of now sent assets of Rs 100 crore to set up a unit in Hyderabad, Telangana. This will be operational in 60 to 90 days," he included. The organization as of now has an office in Amritsar, and will be building the third office not long after Hyderabad is on the web.

Talking about the administration's drives in the past Budget, Tuli said that amending the altered obligation structure was a critical stride to help handset producing here.

"We are trusting that it stretches out to portable PCs and registering gadgets also in the forthcoming Budget," Tuli said. This will likewise offer potential makers some assistance with meeting the nation's expanding necessities which would be impelled by the developing digitisation.

"In 2015, we saw 'twofold digit development' for both handset and tablet producing because of the great obligation structure," he called attention to.

DataWind's first unit in Amritsar fabricates one lakh units for each month, and it hopes to deliver 1.5 lakh units a month at first in Hyderabad, Tuli said.

The Canada-headquartered organization utilizes more than 700 individuals in Amritsar and hopes to include 500 occupations in its Hyderabad office.

A few handset creators are growing assembling in the nation, including extensive players like Samsung and Micromax.

Samsung (India's biggest telephone vender) has been assembling here since 2006, and has spent more than Rs. 500 crore to include limit at its plant in Noida.

Likewise, Micromax Informatics said it will move its assembling from China to India, and will make the greater part of its telephones here by 2018 with costs getting to be less expensive.

A week ago, Noida-based Ringing Bells likewise propelled "the nation's most reasonable cell phone" valued at Rs 251, which is creating enormous hobby, additionally raising banners taking after protestations about its evaluating.